It’s time for USC notes and history during Clay Helton Birthday Week. Comments allowed at the bottom. Some Arizona State fans will sweat until July 1, which is the deadline for players to transfer and retain their eligibility for 2021. After July 1, the fans can sweat whether there will be NCAA sanctions. USC is obsessed with recruiting Texas football players. It’s worth noting, however, … Continue reading If It’s Friday, It’s Time For A USC Notes Column

I write frequently about how USC used to be transparent with ticket sales under John Morley, who was ticket manager through four decades and even held a weekly press conference. Well, even something like this from USC would be nice. We are up nearly 2,500 new season tickets sold for @UCLAFootball & nearly 2,000 new season tickets sold for @UCLAMBB, HUGE increases YOY. We’ve also … Continue reading Here’s Some Ticket Transparency

Today is Clay Helton’s birthday so USC wished him a Happy Birthday on twitter. But Helton’s status is so toxic that USC locked the tweet so fans could not respond. That sort of sums of USC at the moment. Here is the “locked” tweet below: Happy Birthday! 🎂@USCCoachHelton #FightOn✌️ pic.twitter.com/hjc1S9HvJ4 — USC Football (@USC_FB) June 24, 2021 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Continue reading USC Locks Replies To Tweet Wishing Clay Helton Happy Birthday

The USC newsletter this week has items on Pat Haden and Mike Bohn turning down a soft interview. Meanwhile, two former USC coaches who are at Arizona State spoke to Yahoo Sports on Wednesday about the NCAA allegations surrounding the Sun Devils program. “In a phone interview Wednesday, (Chris) Hawkins said he did not deny knowing the recruits were going to be in the area. … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: ASU Coaches Respond To Allegations

Saquon Barkley working out at UCLA. Imagine if some of these guys actually attended the schools they worked out at. First real look at Saquon Barkley running and cutting ACL post-surgery. 🎥 @saquon on IG pic.twitter.com/0VfCdgDbjS — Jordan Raanan (@JordanRaanan) June 22, 2021 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Continue reading USC-UCLA Video Of The Day

June is almost the perfect month for USC. The optimists can point to all the recruiting visits; the commitments and find positive preseason prognostications. In other words, performance is completely secondary. No one asks a recruit about Clay Helton. They just want to talk to the recruits about Donte Williams or another assistant. Does anyone see this as a problem? You think a marquee programs … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: June Is For The Optimists!